Tariq Luqmaan Trotter, better known as Black Thought, is an American rapper and the lead MC of the Philadelphia-based hip hop group The Roots, as well as an occasional actor. Black Thought, who co-founded The Roots with drummer Questlove, is widely lauded for his live performance skills, continuous multisyllabic rhyme schemes, complex lyricism, double entendres, and politically aware lyrics.
Hieroglyphics, also known as the Hieroglyphics Crew and Hiero, is an American underground hip hop collective based in Oakland, California. The collective was founded in the early-1990s by rapper Del the Funky Homosapien. The collective is currently composed of rappers Del the Funky Homosapien, Casual, Pep Love, producer/manager Domino, DJ Toure, and the four individual members of the rap group Souls of Mischief: Phesto, A-Plus, Opio, and Tajai.
James McCall, better known by his stage name Nocando, is an American rapper from Los Angeles, California. He is the 2007 Scribble Jam champion and founder of Hellfyre Club. He is a member of hip hop groups such as Customer Service, Bomb Zombies, and Flash Bang Grenada.
Charles E. Dickerson, better known by his stage name Mono/Poly, is an electronic music producer from Bakersfield, California.
Jon Owens, known by his stage name Casual, is an American rapper from Oakland, California and one of the founding members of the alternative hip hop collective Hieroglyphics. After his debut album Fear Itself garnered both critical and commercial success, Casual went on to become one of the most prominent and recognizable faces on the Hieroglyphics roster, releasing five full-length LPs over the span of his twenty-year career. Despite the lackluster sales of the LPs following his debut, which were preceded by an absence of both critical and popular acclaim, Owens has garnered a following amongst devoted hip hop fans, particularly in the Bay Area hip hop scene, largely due to his specialization in hardcore battle rhymes.
Kneebody is an American band formed in 2001, consisting of Adam Benjamin on keyboards, Shane Endsley on trumpet, Ben Wendel on tenor sax, Kaveh Rastegar on bass, and Nate Wood on drums.
Kaveh Rastegar is a Grammy-nominated American bass guitarist and composer. He is a founder of Kneebody and Dakah, and plays with pop and jazz musicians around the world. He has been recognized in the Downbeat Magazine Reader's Poll for electric bass in 2010 and 2011.
Jeremiah Jae is an American rapper and record producer from Los Angeles, California. First signed to the LA label Brainfeeder, in 2007, when the Ann Arbor based producer Samiyam passed on Jae's Lunch Special Part I to Flying Lotus. After a post, and then private message on his MySpace profile, Jae was flown out to LA to work with Flying Lotus.
Hesitation Wounds is the third studio album by American hip hop artist Sleep, a member of the Pacific Northwest hip hop collective Oldominion. It was released on Strange Famous Records on June 29, 2009.
Hellfyre Club is an American independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded and is currently owned by rapper Nocando.
10 Haters is the debut studio album by American hip hop duo Flash Bang Grenada. It was released on Hellfyre Club on August 23, 2011. It includes guest appearances from Open Mike Eagle and Del the Funky Homosapien, as well as productions from the likes of Nosaj Thing, Mexicans with Guns, Shlohmo, and Blocade.
Jennifer Lee, known professionally as Tokimonsta, is an American record producer and DJ from Los Angeles. She has collaborated with Thirsty Fish, Kool Keith, MNDR, and Anderson Paak. She has also remixed tracks by Andreya Triana, Daedelus, Jodeci, and Justin Timberlake. In 2019, she was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Dance / Electronic Album.
Louis Kevin Celestin, known by his stage name Kaytranada,, is a Haitian-Canadian DJ and record producer. Celestin began his career under the alias Kaytradamus in 2010. He is part of the hip hop duo The Celestics.
Glen Earl Boothe, professionally known as Knxwledge, is an American hip hop record producer and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California. Since 2009, he has had 95 releases via Bandcamp. In 2012, he released a 53-track retrospective compilation on cassette, which was released by Leaving Records. In 2010, he released his debut album Klouds via All City. His songs are often a mix of various genres, such as jazz, soul, old-school hip hop, and modern rap. In 2015, he produced the track "Momma" on Kendrick Lamar's junior release, To Pimp a Butterfly. His recent work alongside Anderson Paak as the duo NxWorries has received critical acclaim.
Samuel T. Herring, also known as Sam Herring and by his rap moniker Hemlock Ernst, is an American performer and rapper from Baltimore, Maryland, better known for being the frontman of the synth-pop band Future Islands.
Eraserfase is an American Beat Music producer, singer, rapper and multi-instrumentalist from Los Angeles. He has released two albums on Alpha Pup Records' affiliate label, Dome of Doom. and has toured with Del The Funky Homosapien, 2Mex, Ceschi and Awol One.
In Between is the third solo studio album by American hip hop artist Onry Ozzborn, a member of the Pacific Northwest hip hop collective Oldominion. It was released November 8, 2005 on Camobear Records, an independent Canadian hip hop record label run by Josh Martinez. Guest appearances include the likes of Aceyalone, Busdriver and Ill Bill.
